Leaves – Similar to U. alata, but singly serrate. Twigs – Similar to U. americana, but slender and brittle; with conspicuous globose flower buds. Fruit – Similar to U. americana. Silvics – Native to ...

New research reveals deer may deliberately prefer resin-rich trees during the rut. These scented surfaces help carry chemical signals and astonishingly, this may reflect ultraviolet light visible to ...

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Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The ...

The human transcription factor, RFX1, is found to belong to the winged-helix family of DNA binding proteins, despite an absence of significant sequence similarity. Even more surprising is the very ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Stephan W. Polaha created fanciful ...

This bird made hawk-watching famous. Thousands of birders gather to watch the annual fall migration of broad-winged hawks. They start in September in New England, traveling down the Appalachian ridges ...

The Winged Angels exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honors WWII flight nurses who evacuated wounded soldiers from Normandy after D-Day. C-47 aircraft transported supplies to the ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for ...

A common hawk of wet deciduous woodlands, they are the noisiest of the buteos, especially during spring courtship. A perch-hunter of the forest understory, it feeds on frogs, snakes, lizards, and ...